As discovered by MacRumors tipster Sri Ram and others on Twitter, Apple has referenced its long-awaited AirPower charging mat in the product description for its new iPhone XS Smart Battery Case in Malaysia.

The listing remains live as of Wednesday morning, noting that the Smart Battery Case is "compatible with AirPower Wireless Charging Mat and other Qi-certified chargers." The case's description in the United States and other countries we checked only mentions compatibility with Qi-certified chargers.

For the sake of covering all bases, there is a possibility the report about mass production was inaccurate and that Apple prepared the Smart Battery Case product description before abandoning its AirPower plans, but simply forgot to scrub the word AirPower from a single product description in a few countries.

AirPower is not mentioned on any other Smart Battery Case product pages in Malaysia, the United States, or other countries we checked.

Back in October, however, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the AirPower may be released by the early first quarter of 2019, while developer Steve Troughton-Smith recently said he has heard Apple may have overcome technical challenges with the AirPower and could presumably move forward with a release.

AirPower would be able to inductively charge multiple Apple devices at once, including the iPhone 8 and newer, Apple Watch Series 3 and newer, and AirPods placed in an as-of-yet unreleased charging case listed as "currently unavailable." Apple unveiled the accessory at its September 2017 event alongside the iPhone X.

Update: AirPower does not appear to be referenced in the iPhone XS Smart Battery Case user guide, according to Rene Ritchie.

Update 2: Apple has now removed the AirPower reference from the Malaysian page.

"... before abandoning its AirPower plans..."
Before the first abandoning of AirPower plans, I thought it recently shipped or has it been abandoned again ?
Or was that just abandoning the abandoning of AirPower (supposed, if ever) ?
I guess the combination of rumors and rumored cancellations is leading to a perpetuum of incongruencies/Cookgrettables

I’m all for apple releasing new products because they need to do that. But this isn’t one I was ever interested in. Stands are pretty cheap and do the trick. It’s a fail on Apple that I don’t have wireless stands with an Apple logo on them.

All of this Airpower talk but when the price is $149...everyone will be even more mad.

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It is going to be at least that but honestly, there is nothing like it. Samsung is charging $120 for their mat which charges both a phone and a galaxy watch and it still requires specific placement. Apple is supposed to offer a mat where you can put your phone, apple watch and airpods anywhere on the mat. There is nothing like it as of now.

Am I the only one who doesn't care about this? I'd much rather have the flexibility of a cord, especially when using my phone in bed or on the couch, than having to keep the phone in one place on a mat. The only "wireless" charging that I will care about is the kind that literally comes through the air and isn't reliant on a mat or keeping the phone stationary.

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